A Different Strummer

Together in Song

On this episode, singing to the beat of a different ... strummer. It's choral music with accompaniment that's picked, strummed, or plucked, featuring songs from thirteenth-century monks to modern American master Libby Larsen, along with harp-fueled hymns from the ancient Sanskrit Rigveda set by Gustav Holst.

Harry Christophers leads the Handel and Haydn Society in Handel's masterpiece, in concert at Symphony Hall in Boston.

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You’ll find all kinds of characters in the opera house…the Prima Donna diva, the heroic tenor, the menacing bad-guy bass. But what about the peasants, prisoners, orphans, soldiers and slaves? That’s where you’ll find the chorus members. And those poorly lit, scruffily-costumed, and usually unnamed characters create some of the most magical music that’s ever graced the stage.

This time, it’s the Chorus…at the Opera House, featuring some great choral moments from Monteverdi all the way to the “Moonrise Kingdom” music of Benjamin Britten.